Somebody asked me about the song "Jolly Shilling." I found a transcription at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Can anybody tell me more about this song and direct me to a melody for it, recordings, and other information? There's an obvious relation to "I've Got Sixpence."

JOLLY SHILLING

O I like my jolly shilling
And I love my jolly shilling
And I love my jolly shilling
As well as I love my wife

I
There's a penny I will lend
And another I will spend
And there's tenpence I'll carry home
To my dear wife

CHORUS
Nor the pot nor the poem shall [decrieve] (decree) me
Nor the wide world never shall deceive me
But give to me the girl that shall keep me
While I goes a rambling about

II
O I like my jolly tenpence
etc. . . .
And there's eightpence I'll carry home to my dear wife

III
O I like my jolly eightpence
etc . . .

IV
O I like my jolly sixpence
etc . . .

V
O I like my jolly fourpence
etc . . .

VI
O I like my jolly twopence
etc . . .
And there's nothing I'll carry home to my dear wife

VII
O I like my jolly nothing
etc . . .
There's nothing I will lend and there's nothing I will spend
And there's nothing I'll carry home to my dear wife

Mayle of Barrington
Jan 6th 1904
(86)





Last three lines giving Singer etc. are on the right of the verse.